President Obama Calls Kanye West A “Jackass” Again, Prefers Jay-Z

President Barack Obama callingKanye West a “jackass” for his behavior at the 2009 VMAs was one of our President’s more memorable quips. But it looks like Obama has raised his opinion of his fellow Chicageon in the last three years — despite his jackassery. For his lengthy essay for The Atlanticon Kanye and Jay-Z‘s Watch The Throne tour, writer David Samuels decided to use some shared time with the President to ask him the all-important question: Kanye or Jay-Z?

Kanye responded to the President’s remarks a year later during an interview with XXL. “When Obama called me ‘jackass,’ after the Taylor incident, I thought that the person who taped that wasn’t supposed to tape it,” he said. “Obama was supposed to be speaking off the record. Obama has way more important stuff to worry about than my public perception. He was trying to pass the healthcare bill. And if he said that to relate to the room or lighten the room up and the whole mood, then I’d be more than happy to be the butt of all of his jokes if it in the some way helps his overall mission.”